The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Bancroft, Hubert Howe - 1876

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. 20 pp. 8vo. Original printed self-wrappers. Stained in upper portion of first six leaves. Light vertical crease. Good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. 20 pp. 8vo. Scarce prospectus for Bancroft's five-volume history of the natives of the Americas, including a synopsis of each volume and schedule of prices.  Includes several "recommendations" from literary luminaries, including Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, Asa Gray, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Nordhoff, and others.  OCLC locates four copies - at Cornell, the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the American Philosophical Society. OCLC 43112533